Receptacle.



H. B. ALDEN.

RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1915.

1,201,421. Patented Oct. 17,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented fiot. '17, 191 6.

ApplicationfiledMarch' 4, 1915; seriai-No. 12, 122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it linown that I,-HENRY B. ALDEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the town of Edmond, county of Qklahoma, and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles-, of which the following is an exact description, reference being had to the sheet of drawings accompanying the same.

This invention relates to a receptacle for coin, and which is designed to be placed in a receptacle for receiving mail, especially along rural mail routes, and in connection with said coin-receptacle, means are provided for determining the use to which said coin will be put without consulting the one who wishes the coin appropriated.

An object of said invention is to provide a coin chamber, and to supply the exterior thereof with characters that will convey the instruction for the expenditure of the coin.

Other objects of the invention will appear from a proper reading of the following specification.

On the drawings, accompanying and forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is an elevation view of the device, with the portions of the same partly telescoped. Fig.

2 is the coin receptacle in elevation, and,

Fig. 3 is an end view of the element shown in Fig. 2.

In these views, similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

A money box 4 is formed in any suitable manner, for instance and for convenience of this invention, octagonally, so that the various faces 5 may be lettered or otherwise provided with instructions regarding the disbursement of the money in the box. It will be noticed that the words stamps money order and postal cards appear on the sides or faces 5 which appear in the view, but all or any of the matters relative to postal service may appear on other sides, not shown, and, in this connection the box may be many sided, being so constructed, in order to provide room for such indications as it is necessary shall appear. These sides of the box 4 are tapered slightly, as shown, and are adapted to slide into a casing 6, correspondingly formed, and one of the sides 7 of this casing is provided with an opening 8 through which the lettering on the box 4 appears in full when the two parts of the handling the device; -.1s=pr'ov1ded W1th a circular row of numerals,

receptacle are completely telescoped or closed:

- On the head or front- 9 ofthe box 4 is swiveled a pair of plates I'Oa'nd 11, held in place by aknob 12; this knob serving for use in opening and closing and otherwise one 0f the plateslO,

in the present instance ranging from 1 to 24, although this is immaterial, and these numerals are designed to appear, one at a time, through an aperture, 12, and, incidentally exhibits the numeral 12 on the plate 10. The plate 11 is provided with an indicator 13, adapted to overhang the body of the outside box or receptacle 6, but to indicate to the faces of the money box 4. The inner plate previously mentioned is provided with a finger-piece 14 for turning the plate to show a number through the opening 12.

Now, the use of the device will appear: Money is placed in the box 4, say thirtycents. If no figure appears in the opening 12, the amount would be appropriated only to that which appears through opening 8 in the outside box. If division of the money is intended then aside from the appearance through the opening 8, the indicator 13 is set to point to any other item and the number dial is also set at will, for instance thirtycents will procure 6 postal cards and twelve two cent stamps. To indicate this, the stamp side would appear through the opening 8 the indicator 13 project over the postal cards and the numeral 6 would appear. In further projection of the invention if 5 cent stamps were desired the stamps would present through the opening 8, theindicator 13 would be directed thereto and 5 would appear through opening 12, and so it will be observed that various uses can be gotten from the invention. In the case of money order, of course the amount less the cost thereof Would be calculable.-

Having thus described this invention, I claim:-

1. A receptacle including an inner and an outer box, each having a number of walls, and the Walls of each box coacting with the walls ofthe other when both are telescoped, the inner box being a container, and having lettering on the outer side of each wall, one of the walls of the outer box having an opening through which the lettering mayappear, and a pair of rotating, plates applied to the inner box at one end, upon a knob, one having means whereby to indicate the amount" of merchandise desired to be deposited in the inner box and the other plate adapted to cooperate With the aforesaid plate and eX- pose the indicia thereon.

2. A receptacle including an inner and an outer box, each having a plurality of Walls and adapted to be telescoped, lettering on the outer side of the Walls of the inner box, one of the Walls of the outer box having an opening through Which the lettering may appear, a plate rotatably mounted. on the front or head of the inner box, a second plate applied to the inner boX and having a-finger adapted to point to the lettering, one'or'the plates' carrying figures'and the other plate adapted to expose a particular figure whereby to' determine the amount of merchandise desired to be placed in the inner box.

Signed at the town of Edmond, in the county of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma, this 24th day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fourteen.

HENRY B. ALDEN. WVitnesses:

WILLIAM F. RICH, E. SHIDLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

